The art of telling a story through the use of multimedia has taken the educational world by storm. Aided by easy accessibility to making videos, uploading videos, as well domains that archive videos, students are communicating literacy in an entirely new way. This is a revolution that can be intimidating to educators as there seems to be so many unknowns on the how to aspect of it. However, the resources on this Wiki will hopefully aid in putting this grandiose theory into classroom practice. The academic value, as well as the impact it can have on students as writers and critical learners far outweighs reservations educators may have about digital storytelling. And once you wrap your head around this idea, you can see its use in every content area. Read on and good luck!
A student's perspective before you get started
Daniel Meadows with his double decker photobus
A look at an original and possibly a founding father of digital storytelling
This is Daniel Meadows proudly posing in front of his bus. He makes documentaries and could be considered one of the founding fathers of the digital story. If you read the following links you'll find out about his love affair with his camera and photobus, which was exactly what it sounds like, a bus from which he took photos of his travels and published them within a forum that provided his audience with a documentary or a story of his travels and interactions with people of interest. He is an independent who stands for everything authentic and has worked apart from what has taken over society: Hollywood. In short:
"I am a Documentarist...by which I mean that I am one who, in an attempt to make sense of the times in which we live, engages with others to gather, create and present – with as few fictional additions as possible – stories made out of photographs and/or oral testimony."
Here is a great article I found that features an overview of Digital Storytelling and describes where it came from. I find I understand more of a subject once I can wrap my head around where it came from and its purpose. This article also includes how Digital Storytelling can be used to support instruction of student's multiple literacy skills. Furthermore, this article concludes with an overview of research that needs to be done regarding the effectiveness of Digital Storytelling so that it remains an essential part of the educational classroom. http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/brobin/homepage/Educational-Uses-DS.pdf
This article takes a look at how Digital Storytelling has emerged and evolved over the last few years. It also highlights the recent push for technology in the classroom and as a learning tool; however, perhaps the most interesting is the history of Digital Storytelling, how it is being used, as well as a pedagogical theories behind it. http://digitalstorytellingclass.pbworks.com/f/Digital+Storytelling+A+Powerful.pdf
Resources I love!
I love this resource! This provided me with information that made this Digital Storytelling thing a reality in for my Kindergarten students. It was obvious to me that this is an amazing method for struggling writers. Believe it or not, some struggling writers are lifers. They are not the boys in fourth grade who don't care anymore (although that happens) they can be students that have found this process difficult from the beginning. Most of the time five and six year olds will plow through it because their motivation is alive and well, and yes, they want to please their teachers. However, come February and March even that has worn off and struggling writer emerges and can stick with students throughout their academic careers if we are not careful. However, digital storytelling can be the answer. Take for example the student today who wrote only, "Kirby found a coin" after working tediously through two writing sessions. He shared his writing during Writer's Spotlight today and read what he wrote, and then added the rest of the story as he pretended to read to his peers, intent on keeping his focus on the page so it looked as though he had written every word he was saying. If only, I had captured his ideas in pictures and allowed him to narrate his thoughts as they pertained to each page, he would have something to show his classmates. Further, that narration could later serve as a model as he worked to get his words into print. In one work, genius! This is a reality with the resources on this site. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/40054/
Here you will find a basic of uses of Digital Storytelling with an iPad...most important is the list of links on the left that include: Apps for Digital Storytelling, App Tutorials, Resources. https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingwiththeipad/
This page includes the advantages of Digital Storytelling: 1.) Creativity and Innovation 2.) Communication and Collaboration 3.) Research and Information Fluency 4.) Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making 5.) Digital Citizenship 6.) Technology Operations and Concepts On the right side of this page you will also find a plethora of fabulous resources including: The Importance of Digital Storytelling, The Process of Digital Storytelling, Creating a Digital Story, Archiving Digital Stories, Managing a Digital Storytelling Project.
The link below shows examples of student made digital stories. That's what is ideal about digital storytelling, it can be used by teachers for students, or by students for teachers to complete projects and assessment. Many of the public service announcements made on this website show analysis of content area learning in order to form an opinion or argument. Writing for an audience cannot be missed with these projects and is often very difficult to create in the classroom. However, with this digital media outlet, the audience is wide, varied, and immediate so students must always be aware of their purpose and message. http://www.santeesd.net/Page/558
Creative Narrations is a cutting-edge social change consulting firm specializing in multimedia support and training for non-profit and educational institutions. Bringing together narrative, technology, and community building, we help you document the voices and images of change that you see every day. http://www.creativenarrations.net/
Here you'll see videos of teachers from The Teachers College using vimeo, a digital story resource, in order to assess student's persuastive essays, students participating in text based debates, and many more. http://vimeo.com/tcrwp
The art of telling a story through the use of multimedia has taken the educational world by storm. Aided by easy accessibility to making videos, uploading videos, as well domains that archive videos, students are communicating literacy in an entirely new way. This is a revolution that can be intimidating to educators as there seems to be so many unknowns on the how to aspect of it. However, the resources on this Wiki will hopefully aid in putting this grandiose theory into classroom practice. The academic value, as well as the impact it can have on students as writers and critical learners far outweighs reservations educators may have about digital storytelling. And once you wrap your head around this idea, you can see its use in every content area. Read on and good luck!
A student's perspective before you get started
A look at an original and possibly a founding father of digital storytelling
This is Daniel Meadows proudly posing in front of his bus. He makes documentaries and could be considered one of the founding fathers of the digital story. If you read the following links you'll find out about his love affair with his camera and photobus, which was exactly what it sounds like, a bus from which he took photos of his travels and published them within a forum that provided his audience with a documentary or a story of his travels and interactions with people of interest. He is an independent who stands for everything authentic and has worked apart from what has taken over society: Hollywood. In short:
"I am a Documentarist...by which I mean that I am one who, in an attempt to make sense of the times in which we live, engages with others to gather, create and present – with as few fictional additions as possible – stories made out of photographs and/or oral testimony."
http://www.photobus.co.uk/
Here you will find a video of the original bus titled, The Bus.
http://www.photobus.co.uk/?id=538
Daniel Meadows: Digital Stories as Multimedia Narratives
http://www.photobus.co.uk/?id=534
What it is and the research behind it
Here is a great article I found that features an overview of Digital Storytelling and describes where it came from. I find I understand more of a subject once I can wrap my head around where it came from and its purpose. This article also includes how Digital Storytelling can be used to support instruction of student's multiple literacy skills. Furthermore, this article concludes with an overview of research that needs to be done regarding the effectiveness of Digital Storytelling so that it remains an essential part of the educational classroom.
http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/brobin/homepage/Educational-Uses-DS.pdf
This article takes a look at how Digital Storytelling has emerged and evolved over the last few years. It also highlights the recent push for technology in the classroom and as a learning tool; however, perhaps the most interesting is the history of Digital Storytelling, how it is being used, as well as a pedagogical theories behind it.
http://digitalstorytellingclass.pbworks.com/f/Digital+Storytelling+A+Powerful.pdf
Resources I love!
I love this resource! This provided me with information that made this Digital Storytelling thing a reality in for my Kindergarten students. It was obvious to me that this is an amazing method for struggling writers. Believe it or not, some struggling writers are lifers. They are not the boys in fourth grade who don't care anymore (although that happens) they can be students that have found this process difficult from the beginning. Most of the time five and six year olds will plow through it because their motivation is alive and well, and yes, they want to please their teachers. However, come February and March even that has worn off and struggling writer emerges and can stick with students throughout their academic careers if we are not careful. However, digital storytelling can be the answer. Take for example the student today who wrote only, "Kirby found a coin" after working tediously through two writing sessions. He shared his writing during Writer's Spotlight today and read what he wrote, and then added the rest of the story as he pretended to read to his peers, intent on keeping his focus on the page so it looked as though he had written every word he was saying. If only, I had captured his ideas in pictures and allowed him to narrate his thoughts as they pertained to each page, he would have something to show his classmates. Further, that narration could later serve as a model as he worked to get his words into print. In one work, genius! This is a reality with the resources on this site.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/40054/
Here you will find a basic of uses of Digital Storytelling with an iPad...most important is the list of links on the left that include: Apps for Digital Storytelling, App Tutorials, Resources.
https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingwiththeipad/
This site outlines a "How To Guide" for telling a great story. The only downside is that it is clearly an advertisement for their product that is accessible at this site if you are interested.
http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/httags.html?gclid=CPKT84CzoLUCFU-d4Aod2hoASw
More tips and resources found here!
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli08167b.pdf
The resources you'll find on this blog come from a Media Specialist--an interesting view into Digital Storytelling.
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2011/08/58-sites-for-digital-storytelling-tools.html
This page includes the advantages of Digital Storytelling:
1.) Creativity and Innovation
2.) Communication and Collaboration
3.) Research and Information Fluency
4.) Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
5.) Digital Citizenship
6.) Technology Operations and Concepts
On the right side of this page you will also find a plethora of fabulous resources including: The Importance of Digital Storytelling, The Process of Digital Storytelling, Creating a Digital Story, Archiving Digital Stories, Managing a Digital Storytelling Project.
http://www.prairienet.org/op/stories/the-importance-of-digital-storytelling/digital-storytelling-in-the-classroom/
Examples:
The link below shows examples of student made digital stories. That's what is ideal about digital storytelling, it can be used by teachers for students, or by students for teachers to complete projects and assessment. Many of the public service announcements made on this website show analysis of content area learning in order to form an opinion or argument. Writing for an audience cannot be missed with these projects and is often very difficult to create in the classroom. However, with this digital media outlet, the audience is wide, varied, and immediate so students must always be aware of their purpose and message.
http://www.santeesd.net/Page/558
Science Kids and their digital story pages:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/studentpagesmovies.html
Real world application in the classroom and beyond
Creative Narrations is a cutting-edge social change consulting firm specializing in multimedia support and training for non-profit and educational institutions. Bringing together narrative, technology, and community building, we help you document the voices and images of change that you see every day.
http://www.creativenarrations.net/
Here you'll see videos of teachers from The Teachers College using vimeo, a digital story resource, in order to assess student's persuastive essays, students participating in text based debates, and many more.
http://vimeo.com/tcrwp
Digital Stories in the content areas:
History:
http://thwt.org/index.php/presentations-multimedia/digital-storytelling
Science:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/studentpagesmovies.html